耒

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See also: 夫, 禾, 末, 天, 未, and 夭
耒 U+8012, 耒
CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-8012
← 耑
 		CJK Unified Ideographs 耓 →
⽾ U+2F7E, ⽾
KANGXI RADICAL PLOW
← ⽽
 		Kangxi Radicals ⽿ →

Translingual

Stroke order

Han character

耒 (Kangxi radical 127, 耒+0, 6 strokes, cangjie input 手木 (QD), four-corner 50900, composition ⿻一未(GV) or ⿻丿未(HTJK) or ⿻丰𠆢)

  1. Kangxi radical #127, ⽾.

Derived characters

References

  • Kangxi Dictionary: page 962, character 16
  • Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 28898
  • Dae Jaweon: page 1410, character 15
  • Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 4, page 2770, character 1
  • Unihan data for U+8012

Chinese

trad. 耒
simp. # 耒

Glyph origin 1

Historical forms of the character 耒
Western Zhou Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) Liushutong (compiled in Ming)
Bronze inscriptions Small seal script Transcribed ancient scripts
Characters in the same phonetic series (耒) (Zhengzhang, 2003) 
Old Chinese
頛 *ruːlʔ
郲 *rɯː, *ruːlʔ, *ruːlʔ
耒 *ruːls, *rulʔ
銇 *ruːls
洡 *ruːls
誄 *rulʔ

Pictogram (象形) – a wooden bifurcated plow with originally three cross lines (彡 and 丯) for the furrows of the plow, later simplified to two.

Etymology

Pronunciation
Rime
Character 耒 耒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
Initial (聲) 來 (37) 來 (37)
Final (韻) 脂 (16) 灰 (42)
Tone (調) Rising (X) Departing (H)
Openness (開合) Closed Closed
Division (等) III I
Fanqie 力軌切 盧對切
Baxter lwijX lwojH
Reconstructions
Zhengzhang
Shangfang 		/liuɪX/ /luʌiH/
Pan
Wuyun 		/lʷiX/ /luoiH/
Shao
Rongfen 		/ljuɪX/ /luɒiH/
Edwin
Pulleyblank 		/lwiX/ /lwəjH/
Li
Rong 		/luiX/ /luᴀiH/
Wang
Li 		/lwiX/ /luɒiH/
Bernard
Karlgren 		/lwiX/ /luɑ̆iH/
Expected
Mandarin
Reflex 		lěi lèi
Expected
Cantonese
Reflex 		leoi5 leoi6
Zhengzhang system (2003)
Character 耒 耒
Reading # 1/2 2/2
No. 7761 7764
Phonetic
component 		耒 耒
Rime
group 		微 微
Rime
subdivision 		2 2
Corresponding
MC rime 		纇 壘
Old
Chinese 		/*ruːls/ /*rulʔ/
Definitions

耒

  1. handle of plow
  2. plow

Glyph origin 2

Simplified from 來 (从 → 二).

Definitions

For pronunciation and definitions of 耒 – see 來 (“to come; to arrive; to happen; to occur; etc.”).
(This character is the former (1969–1976) Singaporean simplified form of 來).
Notes:

Japanese

Kanji

耒

(Hyōgai kanji)

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Readings

  • On (unclassified): らい (rai)、るい (rui)
  • Kun: すき (suki)

Korean

Hanja

耒 • (roe>noe) (hangeul 뢰>뇌, revised roe>noe, McCune–Reischauer roe>noe, Yale loy>noy)

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Vietnamese

Han character

耒: Hán Nôm readings: lỗi, lồi, doi, lọi, lội, lòi, rồi, ròi, lẫn, rổi, rỗi, rủi

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